[rescue] my first big iron! and a couple of questions:

[Brian Dunbar]

On Jan 3, 2004, at 11:47 PM, Eric Webb wrote:

> On Saturday 03 January 2004 09:17 am, R. Lonstein wrote:
> > > > I'm still a big fan of "INSERT 25 CENTS" on older Laserjets. 8-)
> > >
> > > STORY. How can I do this?
> >
> > It's HP PJL, printer job language. Send the following to the printer:
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> Older Laserjets?  How old?  Will this work on a 5si?
>
> Also, how long does this last?  Until the next power cycle?

the first printer(s) I did this on were HP 5Si.  It should keep the
message through power cycles - my  (only) legitimate use to-date was to
change the display to show the Mainframe print queue name for a dozen
HP5Si printers being used as mainframe printers.

brian